With the creation of states, however, the military not only unilaterally abrogated the geo-political structure that existed then, it went a step further to destroy the principle of federalism on which Nigeria gained independence in 1960 and which had sustained and kept the country together.
Site na okike nke steeti, ọbụghị naanị na ndị agha kagburu usoro ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị nke dị n'oge ahụ, ọ gara n'ihu mebie ụkpụrụ nke gọọmentị etiti nke Naịjirịa nke eji nwete nwere onwe na 1960 nke jigidere ma gbazie mba ọnụ .